What Songbird’s Flight Means for FOSS

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If a canary’s song serves as a warning to miners, what does a Songbird’s flight say about FOSS? That was the question on many bloggers’ minds in recent days, as news of open source iTunes clone Songbird’s decision to drop Linux support made its away across the forums. “Disheartening” was what Linuxologist blogger Rami Taibah called the decision. “A sign of things to come?” asked the TestFreaks blog. “I think it bodes ill for Songbird,” said Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza.

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